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Monday, February 17, 2020

Our Universal Desire For God - "As a deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, O God." (Psalm 42:2)



The desire for God is written in the human heart, because man is created by God and for God. (Catechism of the Catholic Church #27)  

1. Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going? Why do I need to struggle to achieve my goals?  

These questions of human existence reflect an inner longing for God.  God has planted in every human heart the hunger and longing for the infinite, which is nothing less than God. 

"Our heart is restless until it rests in you."  Saint Augustine  

2. How is our quest for God awakened?  First God pursues us, this spurs us to search for Him for whom we were made.  

3. Where do we find God?  Through His creation.  Which is subject to change, but He who made all is not subject to change.  

"The heavens declare the glory of God." (Psalm 19:2)

"Ever since the creation of the world his invisible attributes of eternal power and divinity have been able to be understood and perceived in what he has made."  (Romans 1:20) 

The fact that all visible things come to be and eventually pass out of earthly existence points to an eternal Creator who has no beginning and no end and who sustains all that he has created.  (Catechism of the Catholic Church # 32) 

4. Where do we find God?  Through our human person. 

 "That I may know myself, that I may know you." Saint Augustine 

"I praise you, so wonderfully you made me." (Psalm 139:14) 

5. Why are so many uninterested in finding God? a. The presence of so much suffering and pain in the world disheartens them.  b. They have never heard the good news.  c. Scandalous behavior by some believers, priests and bishops drives honest seekers away. d. Personal sinful conduct weakens many and they hide from God. e. Some resist acknowledging God because they do not wish to follow His commandments. f. Others may just be distracted with all the clutter and noise of life.  

6. What causes one to once again search for God?  Secularism proves unsatisfactory.  God never ceases to pursue us. Only in God will we find the truth, peace, and happiness for which we never stop searching.  Created in God's image, we are called to know, serve and love the Lord. 

"God loves each one of us as if there were only one of us to love." Saint Augustine 

"As a deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, O God." (Psalm 42:2) 

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